National Public Radio reports Joe Biden’s approval rating has increased by 8% since last month likely due to his handling of the Ukraine Crisis, better economic growth, and an ebbing of concerns about Covid.
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Here's a look at some of the numbers:
- Overall approval rating jumped to 47%, up 8 points from the NPR poll last month. Presidents don't generally see much, if any bounce, out of a State of the Union address. Since 1978, there had only been six times when a president saw an approval rating improve 4 points or more following State of the Union addresses, according to the pollsters. Three of those bounces were for former President Bill Clinton.
- Ukraine handling is up 18 points to 52%.
- Coronavirus pandemic handling is now 55%, up 8 points.
- Economic handling up 8 points to 45%.
The poll was taken March 1-2 of 1,322 adults through live calls. The Marist Poll is given an “A” rating by website 538.
Events that have happened since the poll include the great jobs report that came out this morning.
U.S. Job Growth Crushes Expectations
March 4, 2022 at 9:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard 81 Comments
“Job growth accelerated in February, posting its biggest monthly gain since July as the employment picture got closer to its pre-pandemic self,” CNBC reports.
“Nonfarm payrolls for the month grew by 678,000 and the unemployment rate was 3.8%… That compared to estimates of 440,000 for payrolls and 3.9% for the jobless rate.”